Clinical Poster Presentations for Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology

Poster Presentations

Anderson, G. N., Conway, C. C., Bravo, A. J., & The Cross-cultural Addictions Study Team (2021, November 16-21). Distress tolerance predicts alcohol use motives and severity in samples from four continents [Poster presentation]. 2021 Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention, virtual. https://bit.ly/3BVMZPJ 

Behrens, M. R., Polacek, L. C., Gebert, R., & Applebaum, A. J. (2022, March 9-11). Measuring psychological distress in caregiver communication training for advance care planning [Poster presentation]. American Psychosocial Oncology Society 2022 Annual Conference, Portland, OR. 

Benda, M. S., Hirsch, E., Silverman, M., Stadterman, J., Himmelstein, M., & Roy, A. K. (2022, March 3-5). Association between parental mood factors and children’s TV and video game screen time during COVID-19 [Poster presentation]. The 2022 Eastern Psychological Association Annual Conference, New York, NY. 

Benda, M., Hirsch, E., Silverman, M., Stadterman, J., & Roy, A. K. (2022, March 3–5). Association between parental mood factors and children’s non-academic screen time during COVID-19 [Poster presentation]. The Eastern Psychological Association 2022 Annual Meeting, New York, NY. 

Benedict, E., Stadterman, J., & Burke, N. L. (2021, August 9-13). The association between food insecurity, anxiety, and depression symptoms in youth. [Poster Presentation]. American Psychological Association 2022 Annual Convention, virtual. 

Breen, E. A., Aghvinian, M. N., Savin, M. J., Summers, A. C., Stiver, J. T., Slaughter, A. W., Oleas, D. S., Fidaleo, K., Crook, C., & Rivera Mindt, M. (2022, February 2-4). Medical Outcomes Study HIV Health Survey (MOS-HIV) subscales and neurocognition among Latinx people with HIV [Poster presentation]. The 2022 International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, virtual. 

Campagna, B. R., Ripp, J., Rode, D., Saltin, L., Annunziato, R. A., Shemesh, E., & Peccoralo, L. (2022, April 6-9). Physician burnout before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic [Poster presentation]. The Society of Behavioral Medicine 43rd Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions, Baltimore, MD. 

Corcoran, V.P., Adler, S., Mowrey, W., & Bernstein, C. (2022, May 7-10). When the queue is full: Workload as a social determinant of psychiatry faculty well-being [Poster presentation]. The 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, LA. 

Fusco-Gessick, B., Stiver, J., McConthey, E., Watson, M., Wang, Z. & Zimmerman, M. (2022, February 2-4) Is personality associated with verbal and visual memory in healthy young adults? [Poster presentation]. The 2022 International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, virtual. 

Galiano, C., Andrea, A., Anderson, G. N., Brown, T. A., & Rosellini, A. J. (2021, November 16-21). Direct and interactive effects of personality and changes in relationships on anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic [Poster presentation]. 2021 Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention, virtual. https://bit.ly/3K3Xsev 

Gebert, R., Polacek, L. C., Lynch, K., Loschiavo, M., Behrens, M. R., Diamond, E. L., & Applebaum, A. J. (2022, March 9-11). Cancer caregivers’ perceptions of a virtual meaning-centered psychotherapy for caregivers (MCP-C) [Poster presentation]. American Psychosocial Oncology Society 2022 Annual Conference, Portland, OR. 

Karvay, Y., Stadterman, J., Burke, N. L. (2021, September 21-23). Reward Learning, Food Insecurity and Eating Disorders [Poster presentation]. The 2021 National Institute of Health Food Insecurity, Neighborhood Food Environment, and Nutrition Health Disparities: State of the Science Workshop, virtual. 

Karvay, Y., Vafiadis, A., Caby, D., Jarcho, J. M., Burke, N. L. (2021, June 10-12). Do individuals with atypical anorexia differ from healthy controls on disordered eating behaviors, depression & anxiety? [Poster presentation]. Academy for Eating Disorders 2021 International Conference on Eating Disorders, virtual. 

Kitt, E. R., Cohodes, E. M., McCauley, S., Hommel, G., Nardini, C., Zacharek, Z. J., Martino, A., Anderson, T., Spencer, H., Odriozola, P., Spurrier, G. F., Marin, C. E., Silverman, W. K., Lebowitz, E. R., & Gee, D. G. (2021, September 17-21). Pediatric anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of family-level factors [Poster presentation]. 2021 Flux Congress, virtual. 

Lukoff, J., Feingold, Z., Foellmi, M., Rotter, M., & Rosenfeld, B. (2022, June 14-16). The effects of post- traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity on recidivism in a group of individuals in a mental health jail diversion program [Poster presentation]. 2022 International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services Conference, Berlin, Germany. 

Lukoff, J., Gerbrandij, J., & Rosenfeld., B. (2021, March 20). The effects of personality disorder severity on treatment completion and violent recidivism in offenders referred for community-based treatment [Poster presentation]. 2021 American Psychology-Law Society Annual Conference, virtual. 

Oleas, D., Aghvinian, M., Summers, A.C., Savin, M.J., Stiver, J., Breen, E.A., Slaughter, A., Cham, H., Talavera, S., Byrd, D.A., Robinson Papp, J., Rivera Mindt., M. (2022, February 2-4). The Effects of Acculturation and Perceived Discrimination on Neurocognitive Functioning in Immigrants and U.S. born individuals with HIV [Poster presentation]. The 2022 International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, virtual. 

Riklin, E., Calandrillo, D., Blitz, A., Zuckerberg, D., & Annunziato, R. A. (2021, April 21-May 1). Examining the psychosocial needs of adolescents with craniofacial conditions: A mixed-methods approach [Poster presentation]. The American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association 78th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, United States. 

Savin, M. J. Palmese, C. A. (2022, February 2-4). The role of teleneuropsychology in deep brain stimulation outcomes for Parksinon’s disease. [Poster presentation]. The 2022 International Neuropsychology Society Annual Meeting, virtual. 

Silverman, M. R., Bennett, R., Stadterman, J., & Roy, A. K. (2022, February 2-4). Differences in emotional lability between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder subtypes [Poster Presentation]. The 2022 International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, virtual. 

Stadterman, J., Karvay, Y. G., & Burke, N. L. (2021, November 1-5). Preliminary comparison of eating pathology & weight status in youth with and without food insecurity [Poster presentation]. ObesityWeek 2021, virtual. 

Tsapalas, D., Aghvinian, M., Watnick, D., Santoro, A. F., Ferraris, C., Asiedu, N., Steenkamp, N., Phillips, N., Gumikiriza-Onorio, J., Gouse, H., & Robbins, R. N. (2022, February 2-4). Cognitive interviewing for cognitive tests: Developing a novel approach to adapt neuropsychological tests across cultures [Poster presentation]. The 2022 International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, virtual. 

Walsh, L. E., Polacek, L. C., Saracino, R. M., Applebaum, A. J., & Rosenfeld, B. (2022 April 6-9). Relationship between discordant patient-physician prognostic understanding and psychological outcomes in patients with advanced cancer [Poster presentation]. 2022 Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. 

Wang, Z., Fusco-Gessick, B., McConathey, E., Watson, M., & Zimmerman, M. (2021, June 9-12). The association between depressive symptoms and executive functioning in young adults [Poster presentation]. 2021 American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology Virtual Annual Conference, Portland, OR. 

Wang, Z., Watson, M. E., McConathey, E., Fusco-Gessick, B., Moran, E. E., & Zimmerman, M.E. (2022, February 2-4). Subdimensions of mood symptoms and cognitive performance in healthy young adults [Poster presentation]. The 2022 International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, virtual. 

Watson, M. E., Fusco-Gessick, B., McConathey, E., Wang, Z., Moran, E., & Zimmerman, M. E. (2022, February 2-4). Associations between personality traits and subjective and objective measures of executive function [Poster presentation]. The 2022 International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, virtual. 

Wilkerson, S., Weed, M., Abramovitch, A., Abramowitz, J., Riemann, B., & McKay, D. (2021, November 16-21). Severity benchmarks and contemporary clinical norms for the Obsessive- Compulsive Inventory-Revised (OCI-R) [Poster presentation]. 2021 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention, virtual. 

Yamin, N., Anderson, G. N., Andrea, A., Challain, J., Galiano, C., Zagaroli, J., Brown, T. A., & Rosellini, A. J. (2021, March 18-19). The association of chronic health conditions with COVID-19 related worries and behaviors [Poster presentation]. Anxiety and Depression Association of America 2021 Conference, virtual. https://bit.ly/35jnUSG

Paper presentations and other conference sessions

Anakwenze, O. (2021, July 22-26). Culturally sensitive mental health interventions in Sub-Saharan African countries: A systematic review. [Paper presentation]. The Association of Black Psychologists 52nd Annual International Convention, virtual. 

Aparcero, M., & Rosenfeld, B. (2022, March 17-19). Competency evaluations in immigration court: An exploratory study [Paper presentation]. 2022 American Psychology-Law Society Annual Conference, Denver, CO. 

Auguste, E., Samuels, J., Weinberger, E., Cruise, K. (2022, March 17-19). The resilience of Blackness: Assessing the clinical utility of Black identity for justice-involved Black boys [Conference session]. 2022 American Psychology-Law Society Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

Auguste, E. (2022, April 8-9). Free your mind: Unlocking joy, peace, and agency with Black mental health [Conference session]. 17th Annual Harvard Black Policy Conference, Cambridge, MA. 

Collins, A., Jiménez-Salazar, M., Weinberger, E., Leon, M., Rosenfeld, B., & Keller, A. (2022, June 14-16). Reasons for migration and trauma symptomatology in Central American migrants [Paper presentation]. 2022 International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services Conference, Berlin, Germany. 

Coquillon, E., Anakwenze, O., & Rasmussen, A. (2021, July 8-10). Trauma and post-traumatic growth among Black women in the United States [Paper presentation]. The 6th Biennial American Psychological Association Division 45 Research Conference, virtual. 

Feingold, Z. R. (2021, August 9-13). Criminal record stigma and its effects on behavioral and health outcomes [Paper presentation]. The American Psychological Association 2022 Annual Convention, virtual. 

Fortuna, A. J., Cruise, K. R., Keator, K. K., & Work, A. (2022, March 17-19). Investigating demographic differences from a field-based implementation of the Child Trauma Screen in juvenile probation [Paper presentation]. 2022 American Psychology-Law Society Annual Conference, Denver, CO. 

Granemann, L., Kuo, B. C. H., & Rasmussen, A. (2021, July 27-31). Mental health outcomes of recent Syrian refugees in Canada [Paper presentation] The 25th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, virtual. 

Ilagan, G. S., & Heatherington, L. (2021, July 6-9). Advancing the understanding of factors that influence client preferences for race and gender matching in psychotherapy [Paper presentation]. The 53rd International Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, virtual. 

Ilagan, G. S., Martín López, M., Conway, C. C. (2022, May 6). Within-person coherence of suicidal ideation facets using experience sampling in high risk adults from a marginalized community [Paper presentation]. 2022 Yale-National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder Annual Conference, virtual. 

Ilagan, G. S., Martín López, M., Rabasco, A., Silverman, M., Denomme, G., Chandy, R., & Conway, C. C. (2022, April 9). Dynamic relationship between NSSI and suicide ideation in adults with suicide attempt and NSSI history [Paper presentation]. The North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders 2022 Annual Conference, virtual.

Kitt, E. R., Cohodes, E. M., McCauley, S., Hommel, G., Nardini, C., Zacharek, S. J., Martino, A., Anderson, T., Spencer, H., Odriozola, P., Spurrier, G. F., Broussard, A., Marin, C. E., Silverman, W. K., Lebowitz, E. R., &Gee, D. G. (2022, March 17-20). Using family-level factors to optimize treatment for childhood anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic [Conference session]. Anxiety and Depression Association of America 2022 Conference, Denver, CO.

Leon, M., & Rasmussen, A. (2021, August 2-5). Migration factors and mental health in Central American migrants [Paper presentation]. Society for the Psychological Studies of Social Issues 2021 Conference, virtual. 

Leon, M., Feuerstahler, L., Romero, S., & Rasmussen, A. (2021, November 2-5). Susto and cross- cultural and cross-national differences [Paper presentation].  International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 37th Annual Meeting, virtual. 

Loutzenhiser, L. B., Picard, E., Bopp, L. & Rosenfeld, B. (2021, June 16-17). The role of incentive in the Balloon-Analogue Risk Task: An exploration of utility in a sample of sex offenders [Paper presentation]. 2021 International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services Conference, virtual. 

Loutzenhiser, L. B., Rosenfeld, B., Foellmi, M., & Khadivi, A. (2022, March 17-19) Comparing the concordance of the VRAG, VRAG-R, and the HCR-20V3 in men and women [Paper presentation]. 2022 American Psychology-Law Society Annual Conference, Denver, CO. 

Rego, S. A, Baker, J., Weisberg, R. B., & Corcoran, V. P. (2022, March). Mastering the psychology internship match: "Insider" advice [Conference session]. Anxiety and Depression Association of America 2022 Conference, Denver, CO. 

Riklin, E. (2021, November). Cleft team care: Back to the future and still going strong [Conference session]. The 52nd Annual Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies Symposium, Los Angeles, CA.

Savin, M. J., Byrd, D., Judd, T., Verney, S., Radford, K., Cysique, L.A., Rourke, S. B., Armenta, R. F., Franklin, D., Marcotte, T., Cham, H., & Rivera Mindt, M. (2022, February 2-4). American Indian and Alaska Native disparities in trajectories of cognitive aging [Paper presentation]. The 2022 International Neuropsychology Society Annual Meeting, virtual.  

Walsh, L. E., Polacek, L. C., Saracino, R. M., Applebaum, A. J., & Rosenfeld, B. (2022 April 6-9). Relationship between discordant patient-physician prognostic understanding and psychological outcomes in patients with advanced cancer [Conference session]. Palliative Care Special Interest Group Business Meeting at the 2022 Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. 

Walsh, L. E., Polacek, L. C., Saracino, R., Applebaum, A. J., & Rosenfeld, B. (2022, April 6-9). Patient-physician discordance in prognostic understanding and psychological outcomes in patients with advanced cancer [Conference session]. Palliative Care Special Interest Group Business Meeting at the 2022 Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Weinberger, E., Cruise, K., & Doyle, C. (2021, November 2-5). Assessing clinical utility of the structured trauma-related experiences and symptoms screener (STRESS) in a juvenile justice sample [Paper presentation]. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 37th Annual Meeting, virtual. 

Symposiums

Donofrio, V., Hareli, M., Astesano, J., Werntz, A., Raposa, E. B., Conley, C. S., & Rhodes, J. (2021, November 18-21). Challenges and recommendations from piloting a supportive accountability-based technology-delivered intervention (TDI) for adult mentor-youth mentee dyads. In M. Hareli (Chair), Leveraging human support for the dissemination of cognitive-behavioral skills through technology-delivered interventions [Symposium]. 2021 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention, virtual. 

Jiménez, M.C., Leon, M., Weinberger, E., Collins, A., Rosenfeld, B., & Keller, A. (2021, November 2-5). Contextualizing the mental health of migrant subgroups from the 2018 Central American Caravan: Personal trauma, economic hardship, and sociopolitical violence. In A. Nickerson (Chair), Understanding the impact of contextual and psychological factors on refugee mental health [Symposium]. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 37th Annual Meeting, virtual. 

Minaya, C., McKay, D., & Seixas, A. (2021, November 16-21). Medical mistrust and COVID-19 stress in ethnoracial minority groups. In D. McKay (Chair), Behavioral, social and emotional consequences of COVID-19 stress [Symposium]. 2021 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention, virtual. 

Minaya, C., McKay, D., & Storch, E. (2021, November 16-21). The behavioral immune system and conducting exposure and response prevention for contamination fear during COVID-19. In J. Kuckertz (Chair), Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on individuals with OCD and the providers who treat them: Challenging assumptions about how, for whom, and why effects exist [Symposium]. 2021 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention, virtual. 

Minaya, C., Steinberg, E., Garner, L., Rabasco, A., Youngblood, O., & McKay, D. (2021, November 16-21). Combating the scream: Preliminary data on treatment of youth misophonia symptoms through cognitive-behavior therapy. In D. McKay (Chair), Features of misophonia (selective sound sensitivity): Psychopathology bases and treatment developments [Symposium]. 2021 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention, virtual. 

Nook, E. C., Nardini, C. Zacharek, S. J., Hommel, G. Spencer, H., Martino, A. Morra, A. Flores, S. Anderson, T., Marin, C. Silverman, W. K., Lebowitz, E. R., & Gee, D. G. (2022, May 19). Affective language spreads in parent-child dyads during a difficult puzzle task. In L. Peres Diaz (Chair), Session 1 [Symposium]. 5th Annual Yale Postdoctoral Association Symposium, New Haven, CT. 

Rivera Mindt, MG & Savin, MJ (2021, June 14-16). Intersectionality and cognitive impairment in persons with HIV. Intersectionality and underrepresented communities [Symposium]. 2021 Alzheimer’s Association Conference on Health Disparities hosted by the National Institute of Aging, virtual.  

Savin, MJ & Rivera Mindt, MG (2021, June 14-16). Wisdom Workgroup in Indigenous Neuropsychology Global Strategies: Achieving equity in brain health through solidarity [Symposium]. 2021 Alzheimer’s Association Conference on Health Disparities hosted by the National Institute of Aging, virtual.  

Weinberger, E., Anakwenze, O., Collins., A., Loutzenhiser, L., Samuels, J., Galietta, M., & Rosenfeld, B. (2022, June 14-16). RISE court case study. In B. Rosenfeld (Chair), Adapting DBT to facilitate community reentry for repeat criminal offenders [Symposium]. 2022 International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services Conference, Berlin, Germany. 

Weinberger, E., Phillips, V., & Baetz, C. (2022, March 17-19). Creating a trauma-informed juvenile justice system: The effect of facility security level on staff safety and secondary traumatic stress. In K. Cruise (Chair), Enhancing trauma-informed practices in the juvenile justice system [Symposium]. 2022 American Psychology-Law Society Annual Conference, Denver, CO.